- Nov 30, 2009
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I've got a Welsummer sitting eggs that are due any day. I have been checking each day when she goes to eat to see if any have hatched because other chickens were laying in the box after she started setting (I was away, didn't know she'd gone broody).
Today, I found an egg that has apparently been stepped on and severely cracked on both sides. I pulled it out and set it aside assuming the chick inside to be dead. When I came back to it, I could see it moving. I rushed inside and took it to an incubator where I already have some 18+day'ers and I put tape across where the cracks on either side were.
Has anyone had this happen before? Can the chick survive, and is there something else I should have done? I made sure the tape was below the "zip line", so the chick (if it survives) should still be able to pip & zip if it decides to hatch...
Today, I found an egg that has apparently been stepped on and severely cracked on both sides. I pulled it out and set it aside assuming the chick inside to be dead. When I came back to it, I could see it moving. I rushed inside and took it to an incubator where I already have some 18+day'ers and I put tape across where the cracks on either side were.
Has anyone had this happen before? Can the chick survive, and is there something else I should have done? I made sure the tape was below the "zip line", so the chick (if it survives) should still be able to pip & zip if it decides to hatch...